That it was he. How strange we knew him not!

“But stranger far that we did not believe

That he would rise again! Could he deceive?

O no, he is the faithful and the true,

And what he says he evermore will do.”

Were these their thoughts? And such too will be mine.

When I in glory see my Saviour shine.

For though I know he ever lives to save,

I sometimes doubt his word, and fear the grave.